Medicaid expansion hits 102,173

Arkansans’ coverage approvals up by 4,000-plus in week

By Andy Davis

Posted: February 7, 2014 at 3:03 a.m.

More than 100,000 Arkansans had been approved for coverage in the state’s expanded Medicaid program as of Saturday, an increase of more than 4,000 from a week earlier, a spokesman for the state Department of Human Services said Thursday.